Moreno says that will be the case, with the ex-Spain manager admitting that he can understand why the Blaugrana would want to re-sign a player that he once worked with during a glittering era of success under Luis Enrique.

That call has not been universally well received, with Monaco being left with a ninth-place finish, but Moreno is looking to take positives from a testing situation.

He added: "On one hand, we didn't like it because we didn't agree on the standings and we've been left out of Europe, but it's given some certainty because [the French government] has extended the measures [of banning sport] until July.

"That allows us to start pre-season in July and start the league at the end of August."